Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
asseblief
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Malti
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
maltais
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Maltese
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Western
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Synthetic
  
Afrikaans and Maltese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Maltese language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Maltese Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.